trachurus, Gasterosteus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:481, 487, Pl. 98 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] France; Germany. Syntypes: ?NMW 6918 (1). •Synonym of Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758, subspecies aculeatus -- (Okada 1961:605 [ref. 6363]). •Synonym of Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Berg 1949:972 [ref. 20662], Monod 1973:281 [ref. 7193], Lelek 1987:267 [ref. 22962], Kottelat 1997:164 [ref. 22952], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:747 [ref. 24702] as a form, Reshetnikov & Savvaitove 1998:111 [ref. 23593], Scott & Crossman 1998:665 [ref. 24570], Paepke in Bănărescu & Paepke 2002:209 [ref. 25856], Denys et al. 2022:396 [ref. 40085]). Current status: Synonym of Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758. Gasterosteidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.